This is an analysis of the poem L'Esprit Dedans Ce Corps Est Retenu Par Force… [lxxi À Lxxx] that begins with:
L’esprit dedans ce corps est retenu par force,
Il y vit en danger, en frayeur il y dort :...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa X XXXa X bXXX X XXXX X XXXX X XaXX X XXXa X XXXX X XXXX X XXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010110110011 111110110111 111111111 11110101111 1 1111010111101 11111011011 01111010111 10111010 1 1100100111110 1100101101 011101111100 1110011111 1 11111110111 111011111 111001111100 11101001100 1 11111110110 1111001111110 11100110110 11111100111 1 1111101111 1111101111110 1110111001 1011001111110 1 111001110011 111100111100 11100111011010 11111010100 1 0111101101100 11101011011 100110111110 1011011100110 1 110011110110 1111011110 10101101010 11110110110 1 111010111110 1111110110100 11001101110110 111111111011
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; il, en, corps, l, esprit, me, elle, qui, et are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words il, o are repeated.
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More information about poems by Pierre Matthieu
- Analysis of Le Marinier Qui Va De Naufrage En Naufrage… [lxxxi À Xc]
- Analysis of Partout La Vanité Du Monde Se Découvre… [li À Lx]
- Analysis of Il Est Dur De Mourir Éloigné De Sa Ville… [lxi À Lxx]
